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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

May 10, 2016Thomas County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at May 10, 2016, 10:10 PM CDT for Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2016, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2016, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

County Thomas County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 181 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2016-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2016-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1457 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

097 
WWUS83 KGLD 110310
SPSGLD

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1010 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
 
KSZ014-110345-
THOMAS KS-
1010 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN THOMAS COUNTY UNTIL
1045 PM CDT...

AT 1010 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES EAST OF BREWSTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLBY...BREWSTER AND LEVANT. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 36 AND 53.
 
LAT...LON 3944 10098 3924 10122 3932 10139 3936 10139
      3955 10129
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 211DEG 20KT 3934 10128 

$$

JN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 8:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace31 min
May 10, 9:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman33 min
May 10, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Thomas28 min
May 10, 10:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas31 min
May 10, 11:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins31 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.